Parents! This year’s main fundraiser is the Montgomery Fun Run! It’s a 10-day program that kicks off with a Pep Rally on Wednesday, October 12th. Families will then have time to get pledges for every lap your student runs (30-35 laps), and we’ll celebrate at the Fun Run on Friday, October 21st. We are focusing on our big goal to raise funds for educational enhancements throughout the school. In order to achieve our goal we’ve asked the Fun Run experts at Boosterthon to power our Fun Run and make it more profitable, easier, and fun.

Students will also experience an amazing character theme, BACKYARD BOX OFFICE! It’s a movie theme all about making a difference by getting into character. Our students will learn from five REAL kid difference-makers. From inventors, to world-class speakers, to business owners, to world-record holders, these five kids will inspire our students to practice the five “Character Acts” and make a difference in our community.

Donations will go toward classroom needs, teacher training, school wide events and to the entire 10-day experience. So please help our school by reaching out to sponsors. Also, all families are invited to come out and cheer on your student at the Fun Run! Thank you for your support!

There will be several occasions to show our Teacher Appreciation throughout the year. Our first day will be Wednesday, September 28! In honor of “Fruit & Veggie Month,” please have your child bring in a fruit or veggie for their homeroom teacher as well as for the staff member that they are paired with on the teacher appreciation list. Click here mes-teacher-appreciaion-list-staff-2016-2017-1for the list. There will be bags for the teachers in each classroom for the students to place the produce. Thank you so much for showingour wonderful teachers how much they are loved and appreciated!!!Please contact Tatiana Ritchey (tatiyoes@yahoo.com) or Michele Barton (mwbarton@att.net) with any questions

Nominations are now taking place for one open position on the Montgomery School Advisory Council. As this position is open due to a member moving from the MES area, the position is only for a one-year term. The School Council advises the principal on matters related to school improvement, community issues, and school services among other things. The council meets the second Tuesday of each month from 2:45-4:00.

Parents may nominate themselves or others by providing a short, 100-word paragraph containing biographical information and reasons for wanting to serve before Monday, September 12, 2016. Please send an electronic copy to Ms. Bolds prior to the deadline. Elections will be held Tuesday, September 20, 2016, from 7:00AM to 6:00PM, in the front office. Parents/guardians of current students may vote, but it must be in person during the election time. For more information, call Ms. Bolds at 678-676-7502 or Nancy Halloran at 404-705-9296.

The Secondary School Facility Planning & Feasibility Study is a study based on public input on how to address overcrowding in middle and high schools. We are currently in the 3rd round of stakeholder engagement.

We are happy to launch 2017 yearbook sales with Jostens, our yearbook vendor. With Jostens, we are able to offer purchase of the yearbooks, recognition ads, and picture gifts right from their website.

Yearbooks are now available for $30. Don’t forget to tell your child how very proud you are with recognition ads. Recognition ads are available for $25 – 1/4 page, $50 – 1/2 page, and $100 for full page.

BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL: From 8/22-9/2 only, if you purchase a yearbook for $30 along with personalization, you will get 4 free icons for the yearbook. Please click here for more details.

Visit jostensyearbooks.com and search for Montgomery Elementary School – Atlanta, GA for purchase. Direct all yearbook questions to the yearbook committee at mesyearbook1617@gmail.com.

Time to order your spirit wear! September 1st through September 15th the web store will be open to order spirit wear. All items offered this summer will be for sale along with a few new items. Click here to order. If you have any questions, please email Kristi Myers at kristinmyers31@gmail.com

As many of you know, MES continues to be such a great school that we grow every year by leaps and bounds! However, we continue to grow, DeKalb has no long range plan for how to house students other than trailers in the parking lot. We project that after two more years, the lot will be full and our geography hampers an easy transition to using modulars in other areas of the campus. Thus, the MES School Council is asking parents to help us request an engineering study to look at our topography to see how we can use our land to more and better capacity. DeKalb Planning has told us that unless our parents campaign steadily for a study, it most likely will not happen. We will continue to see band aid solutions to long range growth issues, ones are easily predictable and need to be addressed before they arrive.

Due to this, we have a draft of a letter, complete with contacts, that would would ask every parent to send via mail or email to our board member and DeKalb officials. Due to its importance, you will receive this letter as a reminder a few times over the summer. Please take a few minutes now to let our officials know that we need an engineering study to review the best solutions to our facilities problem. Many thanks for your attention to this and please feel free to contact any School Council member with any questions or concerns. Have a safe and happy summer! Click here for the letter and the names and email addresses of those to send it to.